1938

Some of the material appearing below may be slightly aged, since, for once last month, I had a surplus of news which had accumulated over the summer. This ought to empty the old shoe box for a fare-thee-well.

George Kingsbury finally made it, - "businessman of the week" in his native Keene, N. H., according to the Keene "Shopper" (cir. 17,586). George has been managing the G. H. Tilden Co. in that city ever since 1939. He is on the board of directors of the Keene Chamber of Commerce; a director of the Keene National Bank; and is a member of the Rotary Club. The Kingsburys have three children. Jean, 19, is a student at UNH; Joan, 17, attends B.U.; and Bob, 10, is in the sixth grade.

From far-off Berkeley, Calif., comes news that Frank Newman is taking a year's leave of absence from the California School of Law at Berkeley Boalt Hall; Frank will travel to Geneva, Switzerland, on his sabbatical. He has been dean of the Law School since 1961. On his return he will continue to teach at the Law School but will no longer be dean.

Chancellor Heyns said of him: "He has presided over the school during a crucial period of expansion and curriculum change. Under his leadership, the Earl Warren Legal Center fund drive was completed and construction started on the building, which will be ready for use in 1967. The Berkeley campus is grateful to him for his excellent leadership."

Still on the West Coast, Jack Slattery, former manager of the brokerage department and account executive for Index Underwriters, Inc., has joined the San Francisco firm of Calendar-Robinson Co. A veteran of over twenty years in the insurance business, Jack has been with Wm. H. McGee & Co., marine underwriters; the RoyalGlobe Group in New York and San Francisco; joined Founders Insurance Co.; and finally joined Index Underwriters.

A good letter came in from Larry Hull, now in Chicago with his old firm, Shell Oil; he's now in public relations for Shell in the Midwest, - quite a change after 19 years in marketing. The new Shell building, where he works, was built by the Tishman boys, but Larry has yet to see any of them (Class of 1939, please note). Two of Larry's boys will be in college this fall, the third will be a sophomore in Lake Forest High School, and the "California dividend" will enter second grade, God help the teacher.

Captain Everett Wood reports that he is being transferred by Pan American from Berlin to San Francisco, where he will be trained on jets. Then he imagines he will be involved with our cargo operation to Saigon as well as Pan Am's round-the-world route from San Francisco. Eventually he hopes to retire to Hanover and run for the office of dog-catcher, a position of considerable weight in this small New Hampshire community.

Bob Carson writes from Athens, Ga.: "Wife Barbara received her Master's in English from University of Georgia; daughter Carol returns as a sophomore to Salem College, where Clem Sandresky is a dean; others in 8th, 7th, 6th, and Ist grades. Became vice president of Pilgrim Fund Distributors, a New Jersey corporation sponsoring underwriting and distributing. The Pilgrim Fund invested in financial institutions and growth potential industrials; currently chairman of Cancer Society, Clarke County, and still sweating on Board of Directors of Community Chest; occasionally when the University is overloaded teach some courses in the Economics area."

Bud Walls, a Chartered Life Underwriter since 1954, has been appointed Second Vice President, Agency, of the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company. Bud has been with the company since graduation, except for a three-year tour of duty in the Army. He served most recently as as assistant superintendent of agencies in 1952, superintendent of agencies in 1957, and assistant vice president, agency, in 1962. Bud is still a bachelor.

The J. C. Penney Company has finally decided that seven years in Europe was almost too much of a good thing for Fred Mayne; hence, they halve transferred him back to this country, where he now resides on Long Island. In the Big City he will continue to handle foreign marketing in less glamorous surroundings than heretofore. Looking forward to the day when he can retire to his farm in Virginia and raise horses.

From Nairobi comes the message from Ed Korn-Patterson that had I affixed a measly two-bit stamp to my note to him he would have received same about three months earlier. At any rate, the latchstring is out in that city for any '38's that might show up. Ed's still with the Department of State and can be reached by phone at the Embassy.

Having been with Metropolitan Life for the past 16 years, Frank Cannell still resides in Colorado Springs. Both children are married, and son is in his last year of medical school at Colorado General; Frank is twice over a grandparent and seems to be aging nicely, thank you. He has been active in community projects over the years but sees no '38'ers.

The latest big thing in Whitey Mays's life was the wedding of his daughter; son, Tucky '65, came home on leave from the Navy for the occasion, all of which brought to mind his own ceremony 26 years ago, - ushers included Duckworth, Mallory, Soule, and Mac Duff.

After 25 years in the service, Capt. C. Allen Raymond Jr. has retired and is now Assistant City Manager of the city of Charlotte, N. C. He finds the work interesting and rewarding and is enjoying his second career.

After having retired to Portugal once, Bob Lang has gone back to work for Time-Life Broadcasting International on a job which covers most anywhere from Stockholm to Athens. Bob Jr. is a freshman at Dartmouth; next two in school in Switzerland; and last three in English-Portuguese school in hometown of Cascais, Portugal. Bob has a small farm; the climate is marvelous; the people extremely pleasant; and the phone number is Lisbon 980315. Bob notes as an afterthought that by the time this goes to print, he may have moved to London; so forget the Lisbon phone number.

Another well-traveled classmate is Wendell Lake, who spent Christmas in the genuine Bethlehem in the Holy Land. He had quite a time in Israel, as they put a pretty girl agent on his tail for three days. He thinks they suspected him of being a CIA agent. He reports his weirdest experience being trapped in Lazarus' tomb all alone when the single light bulb burned out. While floating on his back in the Dead Sea, he almost drifted over to the Israeli side, where, he claims, they assume you are a Jordanian, shoot first, and find out for sure later.

Now that the shoe box is really empty, how about coming across with some really recent news?

Secretary, 12 Summer St., Hanover, N. H.

Treasurer, Hunter Lane, Rye, N. Y,

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